Miss Ferriby's Clients

Miss Ferriby s Clients Welton Keynes sees a job as male secretary advertised by Miss Ferriby of The Lawns in London On the way to the interview he is warned by neighbours that several young men employed in that house have d

Title: Miss Ferriby's Clients

Author: Florence Warden

ISBN: 9781310413162

Page: 358

Format: ebook

Welton Keynes sees a job as male secretary advertised by Miss Ferriby of The Lawns in London On the way to the interview he is warned by neighbours that several young men employed in that house have disappeared Ignoring the advice, he takes the job, but it is not long before Welton Keynes realizes something strange and dangerous is taking place in Miss Ferriby s house TWelton Keynes sees a job as male secretary advertised by Miss Ferriby of The Lawns in London On the way to the interview he is warned by neighbours that several young men employed in that house have disappeared Ignoring the advice, he takes the job, but it is not long before Welton Keynes realizes something strange and dangerous is taking place in Miss Ferriby s house There are her mysterious clients, wealthy men and women coming to attend her s ances Although the large house is well kept, there seem to be no servants apart from the footman who is strangely out of place in that role Welton decides to explore behind the locked doors What he discovers will sign his death warrant, unless This is an old fashioned story of murder, robbery and s ances, with a touch of romance It was written in 1910 when political correctness in fiction was not even on the horizon, and the main suspect was often physically disabled or disfigured as here to make him or her appear evil Note that the physical descriptions of the characters are from the original book It s how writers wrote, and what readers read Be warned Miss Ferriby will carry on living in the some dark corner of your mind long after you have finished the story.